Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Smartphone Scheme: All You Need to Know

The political party in UP hopes to lure voters with the promise of free smartphone.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has declared the Samajwadi smartphone scheme which they hope could help them attract large vote bank during the 2017 UP elections. The link for scheme’s registration was launched in Lucknow, which is limited till 10 November 2016.

What's Special About Samajwadi Smartphone

• Will share inputs on new technology for weather and crop yields
• Will provide information about government plans in audio, video format and via SMS
• Will give price information about farmers’ agro products, milk and grain through the app
  
• Study material will also be available for students on the phone
• Will notify youth about government and private jobs

However, it must be noted that the phones will be given only after the party wins the election in 2017.

The Samajwadi scheme has been introduced for people below the poverty line.

According to this scheme, anybody registering will get a free Samajwadi smartphone if the party gets re-elected in the 2017 elections

In order to get the phone, you will need to register online within a month's time. The scheme works on first-come-first-serve basis. Also, while applying online, a person would need to attach their 10th standard marksheet or the marksheet provided by their high school.

If the applicant’s name is selected under the scheme then the phone will be delivered to their home.

1. The applicant must be a native of Uttar Pradesh.
2. By 1 January 2017 the applicant must be at least 18 years.
3. No one in the family should be in a government job, otherwise they are not eligible for the scheme.
4. The applicant must be a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
5. Annual income must be less than Rs 2 lakh
6. Applicants must be a 10th standard passout.

If giving mobile phones will build a new mindset among young people, then we will consider it. As it is we need digital democracy to take feedback from the public.

Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh

The Samajwadi Smartphone Scheme could work in the party's favour in the upcoming UP elections. It remains to be seen if this scheme manages to hold its fort, or goes down the way their laptop initiative panned out.